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Hermy

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New shoes???

Crow92

Can anyone tell me what x9 aluminium is?

Jawgap

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Needs a caption such as......

"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

TinyExplosions

Crow92 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what x9 aluminium is?

It's a silvery white member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al, and its atomic number is 13. It is not soluble in water under normal circumstances.

But seriously, it's just a certain alloy of Aluminium, and so nothing important really.

mfdc

Despite listening to this song for years, I've only just realised that Major Tom kills himself! Holy ****... amazed that I was able to completely miss the point for so long.

Hermy

@mfdc
Spoiler tags for the love of god!

tomasrojo

Ah, but in Ashes to Ashes,

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1517/was-major-tom-the-astronaut-a-real-person

some time after the disappearance of Major Tom, ground control receives a message from the wayward astronaut: "I'm happy, hope you're happy, too. I've loved all I've needed to love." The opinion on earth is that Major Tom is a "junkie strung out in heaven's high," but hitting "an all-time low."

CramCycle

^^^I just thought he was a heroin addict, what did i miss?

tomasrojo

CramCycle wrote: »

^^^I just thought he was a heroin addict, what did i miss?

Philip Larkin, the rather conservative and early Jazz-obsessed poet, gave Highway 61 Revisited a surprisingly positive review in The Daily Telegraph, that concluded with the wise words:

There is a marathon 'Desolation Row' which has an enchanting tune and mysterious, possibly half-baked words.

I think the same caveat applies here.

Captain Havoc

Philly Larkin?????


Kilkenny hurling is poetry in motion.

Hermy

CramCycle

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Philly Larkin?????


Kilkenny hurling is poetry in motion.

The sort of poetry that involves hitting men off the ball when their not getting their own way for a change:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU8uOhhLh4E

tomasrojo

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Philly Larkin?????


Kilkenny hurling is poetry in motion.

More like this:



As you can tell, he did like cycling. In Church Going, when he enters an old church:

Hatless, I take off
My cycle-clips in awkward reverence.

Jawgap

Are Dublin now the best dual county?

In answering this I'm particularly interested in comments from Cork :D

Lusk Doyle

Jawgap wrote: »

Are Dublin now the best dual county?

In answering this I'm particularly interested in comments from Cork :D

In theory, Cork are a republic. In theory :rolleyes:

Of course, communism also works, in theory....

Captain Havoc

Jawgap wrote: »

Are Dublin now the best dual county?

In answering this I'm particularly interested in comments from Cork :D

No, just no.

Jawgap

Captain Havoc wrote: »

No, just no.

you can't deny the evidence - anyway, what would a Kilkenny man know about football??

Captain Havoc

Jawgap wrote: »

you can't deny the evidence - anyway, what would a Kilkenny man know about football??

Evidence is completely against you, if tally up the amount of league and All-Irelands in both codes over the last ten years Kilkenny have 11 Dublin have 1, therefore it could be argued that Kilkenny are a better dual county than Dublin.

TinyExplosions

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Evidence is completely against you, if tally up the amount of league and All-Irelands in both codes over the last ten years Kilkenny have 11 Dublin have 1, therefore it could be argued that Kilkenny are a better dual county than Dublin.

Folks, the silly games discussion page is thisaway, 410 is for talking about a real sport

Captain Havoc

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Folks, the silly games discussion page is thisaway, 410 is for talking about a real sport

Did you know cycling used to be under the umbrella of the GAA?

Jawgap

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Evidence is completely against you, if tally up the amount of league and All-Irelands in both codes over the last ten years Kilkenny have 11 Dublin have 1, therefore it could be argued that Kilkenny are a better dual county than Dublin.

As I asked - are they now the best dual county - not the best ever, or even over the last five or ten years:)

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Did you know cycling used to be under the umbrella of the GAA?

Nice change of subject:D This was something I was aware of....(back when we had a velodrome!!).......

IRISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

manwithaplan

If the question is just about 2011...

Dublin are all Ireland semi finalists in senior hurling, finalists in minor hurling and likely finalists at under 21.

They are also all Ireland semi finalists at minor and senior football.

And they are national league champions in hurling and national league finalists in football.

In short, the answer is yes.

bcmf

Well the question will only be truly answered come the 3rd Sun in Sept (where hopefully the dubs will be in Croker)
Dublin hurling has come a monster of a distance with Daly and the hurlers achieving more this year with the inclusion of Rhino and Keany since they made the switch from football. It would have been interesting to see how they would have played and handled Tipp yest with a full strenght squad.
WRT the footballers Sun week is a must win game if Dublin football is to overcome the monkey that is AI semi's.
If Dub take Donegal and Kerry take Mayo ,whether you are into GAA or not, the country will be buzzing in anticapation of the final and there will be no getting away from it.

Squidgy Black

bcmf wrote: »

Well the question will only be truly answered come the 3rd Sun in Sept (where hopefully the dubs will be in Croker)
Dublin hurling has come a monster of a distance with Daly and the hurlers achieving more this year with the inclusion of Rhino and Keany since they made the switch from football. It would have been interesting to see how they would have played and handled Tipp yest with a full strenght squad.
WRT the footballers Sun week is a must win game if Dublin football is to overcome the monkey that is AI semi's.
If Dub take Donegal and Kerry take Mayo ,whether you are into GAA or not, the country will be buzzing in anticapation of the final and there will be no getting away from it.

But you can hardly just put this development down to Daly, look at the performances from the minor team and the u21's this year. The county board have finally realised there's amazing underage talent in dublin hurling and decided to put more effort into preserving and improving this, I've seen this first hand this year.

And on the subject of Cormac Costello, ive been playing with him since I was around 8, and I've always said he's one to watch. He'll tear apart any minor defence next year, this is only his first year for the minor team.

bcmf

stetyrrell wrote: »

But you can hardly just put this development down to Daly, look at the performances from the minor team and the u21's this year. The county board have finally realised there's amazing underage talent in dublin hurling and decided to put more effort into preserving and improving this, I've seen this first hand this year.

And on the subject of Cormac Costello, ive been playing with him since I was around 8, and I've always said he's one to watch. He'll tear apart any minor defence next year, this is only his first year for the minor team.

Wont dissagree with ya as i am usually just interested in the football end of things.

ednwireland

Anyone watch concrete circus on ch4

Johnners1878

Concrete Circus was excellent though I only caught the last 20 minutes of it - McAskill is fantastic on the bike but the freerunner was just amazing... Great film-making.

Captain Havoc

Is it me or is internet dating the most soul destroying activity in the universe?

TinyExplosions

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Is it me or is internet dating the most soul destroying activity in the universe?

It's just you

Sr. Assumpta

ednwireland wrote: »

Anyone watch concrete circus on ch4

I did my best, however after the 4,000th ad-break I lost the will to live.